Automatic scale-register.



J. WILLNERS.

AUTOMATIC SCALE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.Z1915.

Patented Aug. 1,1916.

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J. WILLNERS.

AUTOMATIC SCALE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-2,19%.

' 72/07 W f M Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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Be it known t at I, Jprm Wmmams, a citizen of the United ,States, residm Chicago Heights, county of Cook, and tate weighing materials for shipment, etc.,. and

of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Automatic Scale-.-

Registers, of which the following is a'specification.

' My invention refers to that t pe of scales which are usedfor continua service in particularly the type which register and record the weights of the separate loads put on the scale platform, finally. records the total weight of all lots weighed. My invention comprises a circular dial havin graduations representing pounds and beam, and a recording mechanism in operaractions thereof, lnstead of a scale tive conjunction therewith, which mechanism ma be of any'well known ty One 0 the objects of my invention is to provide an -accurate, yet simple, device for operating the recording mechanism. I 1

Other objects will be apparent from the descri tion and drawings.

Int e preferred'form of employ a revolving dial having toothed disks on the back thereof which engage pivoted levers, the levers being connected to "the recording mechanism, one disk being cut to indicate units, one to indicate tens, one to indicate hundreds, etc. On the face of the dial are the usual numerals. A ointer is also provided to indicate the weig t on the scale platform when the dial comes to rest.

' A dog or catch is also provided tohol-d the indicate like parts in all of the dial against movement while' the load is being put on or removed from the scale platform of a partial' view of e dial, and a Specification ot Iletters Patent." Application fled August 1913. semi a. 4am. g

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and the mechanismirthefsupport-z ing means not shown. view. showmg i'g..*2. is a top? the relation, between {the toothed disks the dial and between' the disks and the reco mechanism, and. the

arms transmitting motion between the disks and the recorder.- Fig. '3 is a sectional view on the line 3--3of 1, showing the relative positions of the cams acting'cn the arms. ,Fl 4 is adiagrammatic view of.,a scale showmgflplatformand' connections be-i tween it and 'e shaft revolving'the dial.

In the drawingslO is a dial arranged to i be mounted on a scale and connected to the scale platform asindicated in Fig. 4. A shaft 11,- to which is keyed-or otherwise secured dial 10,;is connected through arms 12,

provided the usual-graduations 16 -to rep:

- 13 and 14 to the scale platform 15 "so that any movement resent; pounds and fracti onethereof. A I fixed pointer 10".- is attached to a sleeve surrounding Shaft 11 and fastened wa immeworksupporting shaft 11 v On the back side of dial 10 and rigidly secured thereto are toothed disks 17, 18, 19

dreds, respectively, which graduations correspond to the duations 16 on the face of graduated to reprc'sentunits; tens and him- 21, 22, in the planes of disks 17-, 18, 19,'re-

spectively, ha pivoted depending end' are adapted to en age the graduations on the disks 17, 18, 19. other ends of arms 20, 2 1, 2 2 are provided with sector portions having teeth on the surfaces thereof, the urpose of which will 'be explained later.

further provide cams 23', 24, 25 a d to'bear against arms 20, 2 1, 23, respectively; These cams are keyed to a shaft 26; a gear wheel 27 is also keyed to shaft 26. Springs 20 are fastened atv one'end to the frame and at-the hold them a cams 23,.24, and 25'.

-In the pre erred form ofrecordin 'mechanism, as shown in diagrammatic orm in Fig. 1, 28 indicates a handle securedto' a shaft 29 and adapted for circularmove ment about the shaft 29. Keyed to shaft 29 is a gear segment 30 having teeth Qnits g other to the arms 20, 21 and 22and tendto ,periphery,the teeth not being shown in the diagram. Gear wheel 31 meshes with gear segment 30 and a ar wheel 32 meshes with gear wheel 31. n shaft 29, behind gear segment 30, is another gear segment (not shown) similar in sha and form to gear segment 30 which n 33 which in turn meshes with wheel 34. Also gear segment 30 meshes with *gear wheel 35.

Numeral 36 represents a spool for carry;

The disk 17 is provided with notches havundsl, 2, 3, 4., 5,

ing teeth 17 to represent etc., a notch for each series, of teeth representing ten pounds. The disk 18 is notched and provided with teeth 18' to represent ten pounds 1pertooth, one tooth being as large as one arge notch of disk 17 havin ten teeth thereon. The disk 19 has teet 19' which measures hundreds, one tooth 19* being equal to ten of teeth 18, and a hundred of teeth 17 If a wei ht of 57 lbs. be placed on the platform 15 an the dial 10 allowed to revolve until it comes to rest, the end memes with gear wheel.

eused' bers 23 of arms 20, 21 and 22 will respec-- tively engage the teeth of the disk as followszArm 22 resting on the hundreds disk will not change its position as the dial has not revolved far enough to as the first tooth 19 on the hundreds dis so no hundreds will be recorded. The tens disk 18 having revolved so that the fifth tooth 18 of the disk 18 is underneath end 23, will germit the inside end of arm 21 to move ownwardly until the end 23 strikes the fifth tooth. This movement raises vertical rack 49 until the figure 5 on said rack is opposite the striking mechanism 39 of the recorder. In like manner the arm 20 will move until its end 23 strikes the seventh tooth of the units notch in alinement with the tens notch of disk 18. Thus will the vertical rack bar 48 be .moved upwardly until the figure 7 thereon is opposite the striking mechanism 39. Reversal of handle 28 will cause the figure 57 on the racks 48 and 49 to be recorded on the paper strip 37. 4

For connectmg the operation of the circular dial and its attached disk with the recording mechanism I further proceed as follows: For holding dial 10 against rotative movement during the time that the load is being put on or removed from scale platform 15 I employ a tripping mechanism 42 which bearsagainstdial 10 at recess 42 to prevent rotative movement thereof while engaged with said recess. I provide a slidingrack' bar 43 suitably mounted in bearings 44 attached to the members supporting the dial 10, which rack bar is rovided with a rack 45 at'its outer end an rack 46 near the middle portion. The rack ,45 is adapted for engagement with gear wheel 32 in the recording .mechanism. Rack 46 is for engagement with gear wheel 27 mounted on shaft 26, which shaft carries the cams 23',

24, 25. Suitably mounted in bearings 47 are vertical rack bars 48, 49, 50 which meshpaper stries 37 the weights re stored by t e tqpth disks on the back 0 dial 10.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows: Handle 28, rack bar 43, tripping mechanism 42, cams 23, 24, 25, and the arms 20, 21, 22 being in the positions shown in Fig. 1, a load is put on the platform 15 of the scale, the tripping mechanism preventing the dial 10 from revolving. When it is desired to weigh the load on the platform of the scale the operator moves the handle 28 to the right. The movement of this handle immediately through gear segment 30, gears 31, and 32, moves rack-bar 43 and tri s the mechanism 42 allowing dial 10 to revo ve. As the dial comes to rest, which it does almost immediately, the operator continues to move the handle to the right to the bottom of the slot shown by dotted lines, the continuation of which movement moves the rack bar 43 still farther, thus causing the ar wheel 27 on shaft 26 to revolve, there y imparting rotation to cams 23, 24, 25. By the time the handle 28 has reached the end of the slot the rack 43 will have turned gear wheel 27 far enough so that none of the cams 23', 24, 25 are bearing against the arms 20, 21, 22. As soon as the restraint of the cams is removed the spri 20 pull the several arms upwardly. if: upward movement of the outer ends of the arms is limited by the downward movement of the de arms an co uentl this n wardmovement is limitf i b y p nding member 23 of the several y the teeth of the several iza disks which maymbe immediately-under the end of the mem rs 23. Thus the members 23 drop into the teeth on the severaldisks 48, 49,50 upwardly and as the angular mpvement of the sector ends of the arms is limited by the position of the members 23 representing units, tens and hundreds, or

as and 50 to set up the proper weight opposite at the other ends of the arms the racks will be moved difierent didances. Numerals on these racks will indicate the weight of the disks fastened to the back of the dial 10.

ning t In the operationof the mechanism there is a trip connected to roller 4} which at the proper time is actuated thus causin Erough the rolls sothat the numerals on the vertical racks are impressed on the roll of paper opposite the point where the hammer strikes. vThe time that the dial 10 with its attached disks rotates, and the time that the arms 20, 21 and 22 are er-- mitted to en ge the notches in such disks is very sma As explained, when the handle 28 is in vertical position, as shown in the full lines 21, the dial is held against rotation as the rack bar 45 1s actuated by its handle. The moni'ent the handle is. moved to the right the rackhbar is released and caused to move, thus actuating the trip 42 which rel weight on the platform of the scales causing the dial to rotate. The movement of the rack bar 45 also releases the cams on the arms 20, 21 and 22 against engagement with the disks so that by the time the handle 28 is moved to the end of travel the dial is rotated to the roper position and the arms have engaged the pro r notches and actuated the vertical rack ars 48, 49

the hammer in the recording ,mechanism.

After every load has been weighed, the handle 28 is returned to mid-position. This causes therack bar 45 to be returned to its proper position, the dial bar, to be held against rotation, and the arms to be held from engagement with the disks on the dial. When it is desired to im ress a total of the several weights recorde the handle 28 is moved to the left, which movement causes the hammer actuated by gear 34 to strike the paper 37. The figures set up in this part of the recording mechanism indicate the, total of the several series of figures which have been set up by the several operations of the racks 48, 49 and 50.

It will thus be seen that the device as disclosed in my invention provides a quick and accurate method of weighing materials during the process of loading or unloading the same and of furnishing a record of the several weights and a. total of all.

, The numerals on the face of the dial 10 indicate the weights as usual with any scale so that at any time the weight of the load on the scale platform may be observed without having to refer to the paper ribbon which is going through the recording mechanism.

a hammer to strike the paper runthe dial, the

.. I-claim:

1.' In a device of the class described, the combination of a recordin mechanism, a rotatable shaft -a series 0 serrated disks secured to said shaft, one disk serrated to indicate units, one to indicate tens,

one toindicate hundreds and a corresponding series of suitably-mounted pivoted arms each having thereof and adapted to bear against one of said serrated disks, the other ends of said arms being'adapted to engage'said recorda finger-secured-to one end ingmechanism, substantially as described.

2. In. a device of the class described, thecombinatioh of a recording mechanism, a rotatable shaft, a pluralityof disks positively connected to said shaft and to each other and ada ted for rotation in unison therewith, .sai disks havin different sizes on their peri responding series of pivote fingers secured toone end of each arm an notches of eries, a corarms havin adapted to bear against said disks, the other ends of said arms bein said recording mechanism and to transfer thereto the amounts re 'stered by'said disks, substantially as descri adapted to engage 3. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a rotatable shaft and a re being provided with a plurality of notches,v

one disk having a number of notches ten times greater than the-adjacent disk, the notches on each disk being divided into series of ten, the notches from one to ten" being successively deeper than the preceding notch, a series of pivoted arms and fingers secured to one end of each arm and adapted to bear against said disks, the other 1 end ofsaid arms being adapted to engage said recording mechanism and to transfer thereto the amounts re 'stered by said disks,

and a manually-opera le gear segment for controlling the movement of said arms, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a rotata'ble shaft and a recording mechanism, a lurality of disks directly connected to said for rotation in unison, said disks being vided with a plurality of notches, one disk having a number of notches ten times greater than the adjacent disk, the notches on each disk being. divided into series of ten, the notches from one to ten being successively deeper than the preceding notch, a series of pivoted arms having fingers secured to one end of each arm and ada ted to bear against said disks after said isks have reached'a position of rest,"theother ends of said arms being adapted to enga c said recording mechanism to set up the shaft and mounted amounts corresponding to the depth of the 1" disk indicated by the fingers on said arms, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a rotatable shaft, a recording mechanism, a plurality of serrated disks and a dial mounted on said shaft for unitary rotation, a plurality of pivoted arms having fingers adapted to cooperate with said disks and serving to actuate said recording mechanism, means for maintaining said fingers, out of contact with-said serrated disks, means for locking said dial and said disks against movement, and means for manually releasing said dial and disks and permitting said fingers to-c0ntact said set: 15 rated disks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN WIILNEBS.

Gmnnns H. Bowum, GUsT. A. Sarsrmr. 

